The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-03-30
Notes from Washington.
From our Regular Correspondent.
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From cur Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Mareh 21st, 1887.
Last Friday-the 18th Of March-was
the golden anniversary of President
Cleyeland's birth. He carefully avoided
any celebration, or rather, he celebrated
the occasion BY carefully giving his
entire attention to public business. The
President is not of an enthusiastic or
sentimental nature. He is constitu
tionally opposed to everything which
partakes of the character of seif-glorifi-
cation, and such he considers a mans
celebration of his own birthday TO be.
When asked by Mr.. Soteldo, the
Minister from Venezuela, why he was
not celebrating the natal day, he is re-
ported to have said, Vanity, vanity, it
is all vanity. 1t man really fells that
his birth was stroke of luck to him,
continued he, 'let him rejoice by all
means; but / don't think he has any
right TO disturb the town about it, and
don think it would be modest TO ask
all the rest of the world to rejoice in an
event which had so little interest for
them"
Birthday cards in large numbers came
from all parts of the country, and
friends in Washington sent flowers ac-
eompanied by congratulations. There
was the usual triweekly handshaklng
in the East Room, which was attended
by about five hundred people, large
proportion of whom were excursionists
from Buffalo and the surrounding dis
trict IN Northwestern New York. They
were a no ticeabiy unpresuming crowd
of excursionists. They filed quietly
past the President, not one of them
showing any desire to be familiar or to
receive attention on account OF being
from the Presidents former home.
The visit of ex Senator Thurman to
this city furnished the political gossips
with food for whole day. They could
not learn positively whether his confer
ence with the President had reference
to the appointment of the Interstate
Commerce Commissioners, the Pacific
railroad investigation, the English mis-
sion, or the Secretaryship of the Treas
ury. ''The noblest Roman of them all
settled these canards himself. When
asked if the President had rendered him
any position he replied, NO, | am
neither to be Secretary OF State mol
Secretary of the Treasury, nor Minister
to England. | am not even going TO be
an Inter State Commissioner" He added
that his call on the President was en-
tirely social and that he was not aftel
office.
There il little occasion for the wide
spread alarm as to the financial 81 tua
ton during the interval before Congress
convenes The condition of the Treas
ury is much stronger than it was nin'
months ago, the distribution of cur
rency much more favorable and ade
quate, and the circumstances in man.
respects more reassuring. The surplu
is smaller, the gold fund is stronger
and the circulation and supply of con
venient forms of small currency is NOR
abundant.
That which is deemed chiefly unfa
yorabie in the situation is the fact tina
only thirty millions of bonds remain
. subject to call, and that after thre
, monthly calls this means of putin:
money into circulation will be cut off
1t is a fact, however, that recent BON
calls have been of little service, ant
that the Treasury has ample authorit
and has declared its willingness to G
into the market and buy bonds at cul
rent rates if the situation should becom
such as to call for this action.
Those whose opinions on the subjec
are best worth knowing think there
: no reason to fear that tie coming sun
mer and autumn will ring any seriou
financial disturbance, or that Tia
strength of the Treasury and the ski
OF its managers are not fully equal
: all emergencies that Lay arise.
The Cabinet makers who have dis
posed of the Treasury portfolio for Nj
Cleveland more than dozen times sine
Secretary Manning resigned, are reall
little embarrassed just now as to whs
to say mex. 1t was positively asserte
that Speaker Carlisle was offered tn
) place last Saturday and declined. Sine
there has been so much delay in til
matter some of them now take it fC
, granted Mr.. Manning's successor wi
not be named until the LIST of April, tt
date when his resignation takes effect.
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